The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-05-19
State News.

State News.
Alliance is boring her citizens for mo-
ney with which to bore.
The work Of drilling for gas at San
dUsky will be commenced Monday.
The Eastern Ohio Teachers Associa-
tiOn is in session at Ashtabula O.day.
John Jones, of GAINESVILLE, was In
stantly killed by lightning on Tuesday.
John Egsn, of Columbus, was fatally
shOt In saloon row at Findlsy, on
Thursday.
DIR. W. G. Moore, one Of Wooster's ear
liest and most prominent physicians,
died Wednesday night.
The d lily Independsnt, the latest VEN
TURF In journalism at Youngstown, made
Its appearance Thursday.
WOO-Ier's Board of Trade was perma
nently organized with eighty tUslaess
men as memueTs Thursday.
Gas In paying quantities has heen dis
covered at Lakeside. Two more wells
will be drilled there at once.
A sheet of tin, the first ever produced
in the United States, was manufactured
near Youngstown, o., on Tuesday.
Hon j. NJ. Williams, of COshOetOn, has
declined TO accept the nomination for B
second term In the Ohio legislature.
DOIpr NJ KenRlemyer, of LeetO ia,
who was stabbed two weeks ago by Pat
rick g uGhsn died Thursday evening.
On Friday Republican leaders of the
old 18th district met In Warren to COM
plete the organization of the Garfield
club.
Ed. Conway, notorious Character of
Dayton, o.. shot al d killed George Soul,
boy. He claims to have done it acci-
denta y
Congressman Grouse, of Akron, has
appointed a competitive examination
for the Annapolis cadetship, to be held
in Akron Jun 8
The Office of the grist mill Of j. G.. &
VIM. Hartley, at Bedford, was entered,
and $ll2 taken from the safe. The rob
bers are not known.
Thomas Evsns, WellsVille saloon
keeper, was fined $50 and costs for SELL
ing liquor In violation Of the village
ordinance under the Dow law.
A little daughter of Dewey Wood ward,
NOrwalk night policeman, was almost
roasted alive by her clothing catching
fire from gasoline stove.
Stephen Slough attempted to board
train leaving Carey on Thursday, and
was thrown under the wheels and his
head severed from his body.
The machinery for drilling for natu-
raj gas has arrived at last, and work
will begin at once at the old oil works,
one mile northwest Cf Wooster.
j. Harvey Mcfarland, County Com
missioner and ex County Treasurer of
Knox county, died Friday morning, at
Mt. Vernon, Of general exhaustion, aged
slxty-seVen.
Aaron Kreileck, q Lindsay sslOonist,
has been assessed penalty Of $3.50 for
violation of the liquor law In selling
whisky when he paid tax for selling
beer and wine only.
Ulysses Marvin, father Of Judge N. L
Marvin Of akron, died of drOpsy Of the
heart at 10 o'clock Wednesday at the
residence Of his daughter, Mrs. M. G.
DanfOrth two miles south of Hudson.
The State Council of the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics held It's
annual session at Springfield, o., Tues
day, and elected representatives to the
American Council, to meet az Baltimore
In June.
John Lewis, who stole HE employers
horse near Wellsville, on Tuesday, and
sold l., and skipped, having With him
also watch belonging to his employers
son, was arrested at SteubenVille on
Thursday.
Leland Roberts, lad of four years of
age attempted to get Gu the engine of q |
train near Etna statiOn, near Newcom- |
erstown, when he missed his footing |
and fell under the wheels and was
crushed to death.
The Blain gas we'll at Newark was
successfully shot Friday with eight |
quarts of nitro -glyceTine. The wafer |
was thrown in the air forty feet, coming
up twice after the explosion. There are
strong indications of a gusher.
While the Akron police fOrcs was
being coDVulsed with laughter at a |
chow, on Thursday evening, Ellsworth |
FlickingeT, one of the notorious Foster |
gang of robbers, made his escape from
the Jail, by cutting hole through the |
roof.
John Deveres, section boss on the |
Cleveland 8 Pittsburg Railroad, be-
tween Atwater and ROOtst0wn, was run /
over and fearfully msngled by freight
train, on the G. & P. road, one mile /
north OF Atwater Friday morning. Pre-
sumed that he was drunk.
An Indian mound on the premises Of
F. Taft, BraceVille Centre, was opened
Thursday afternoon. Qlite lot of
bones were exhumed, but only one com
plete skeleton, which was of a man of
great size. A large number Of flint i'm
plements were also dug up.